Meaning

3 senses
  1. A residential area located on the outskirts of a city or large town that usually includes businesses that cater to its residents; such as schools, grocery stores, shopping centers, restaurants, convenience stores, etc.

    Vorstadt, Vorort

    при́городprígorod, предме́стьеpredméstʹje

    передмі́стяperedmístja, при́городprýhorod

    a residential district located on the outskirts of a city

  2. (broadly)The outer part; the environment.

  3. (Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, UK)Any subdivision of a conurbation, not necessarily on the periphery.

    Stadtteil, Bezirk, Stadtbezirk

    о́кругókrug, райо́нrajón

Examples

134 sentences
  1. Her home is in the suburbs.

    Її будинок у передмісті. — deniko

    ruУ неё дом в пригороде. — marafon

  2. I live in the suburbs of Boston.

    Я живу в передмісті Бостона. — deniko

    ruЯ живу в пригороде Бостона. — marafon

  3. She lived in the suburbs of Tokyo when she was young.

    В молодості вона жила у передмісті Токіо. — deniko

    ruОна жила в пригороде Токио, когда была молодой. — corvard

  4. We live in the suburbs.

    Ми живемо у передмісті. — deniko

    ruМы живём в пригороде. — Hellerick

    deWir leben in der Vorstadt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. My house is in the suburbs.

    ruМой дом расположен в пригороде. — odexed

    deMein Haus liegt in einem Vorort. — Hans_Adler

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
area on the periphery of a city or large town:
Русский
By meaning 2
area on the periphery of a city or large town:
Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
area on the periphery of a city or large town:
Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation:

Origin

From Old French suburbe, subburbe, from Latin suburbium (from sub- (“under-”) + urbs (“cit

From Old French suburbe, subburbe, from Latin suburbium (from sub- (“under-”) + urbs (“city”)). Displaced native Old English underburg (literally “underborough”).

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Forms

plural: suburbs
Singularsuburb
Pluralsuburbs

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

12 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
suburb — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto